Women's leadership of the team is often weaker compared to men's leadership. Is this due to its physiological composition or is this logic incorrect? Saving Changes...
Some people think that there is no difference between women's management of projects and men's management of projects. I also say this and may excel if the project is commensurate with their abilities, but I am sure that the abilities of men are often the strongest and most capable. Saving Changes...
I admire your openness to share your ideas for discussion. 'Hope PM community's input will help you with better understanding on this topic.
However, I disagree with the notion that leadership success can be attributed to leader's gender. If you think past statistics can be used to show this correlation, then, I must say that's irrelevant ...as future decades of project management will be lot different from that of past decades. Saving Changes...
There is no logic to your statement, so therefore it is neither correct or incorrect. At best it is short-sighted and at worst, ignorant. By "physiological composition", I assume you mean variables such as size, or emotional characteristics, since both men and women have bones, muscles, skin, brains, blood etc? Lets tackle size: some of the greatest leaders (good and bad) of the last 2,500 years have been short (Napoleon, Alexander the Great, Stalin, Lenin, Churchill). How about emotional characteristics? Some of the greatest male leaders in history cried like babies behind the scenes and longed for mother's milk in the wee hours of the night. But I am not surprised by your statement in a culture where women are treated as less than animals, quite literally. In a country where women can't marry who they want, who's testimony in court is worth half that of a male, who can't open a bank account, and who can be divorced by their husband for not making coffee, it is no wonder you might perceive women as weak leaders. But remember this, women were "leaders of the team" that delivered you into this world; a successful project then, even if the product has lost all value today. Saving Changes...
I totally disagree with this assessment. I have known many very powerful female leaders and weak male leaders. Your ability to lead has more to do with your natural style and charisma and not with your gender.
Now if you are talking about management ability, I heard in a webinar once (I wish I can remember who said it now) that women tend to often be better managers.
What we are really talking about here is nature versus nurture. In some cultures men may be nurtured more to take on leadership and management responsibilities. It does not mean they are naturally predisposed to be better.
I think it is wrong though to say men or women do something better. Focus on the leadership and management styles to look for successes.
Your response is very logical and I also agree with you. In some specialties we find that women are more capable than men. This is remarkable in fact, and some women have abilities that may outweigh many men.
But it is not entirely absolute and not measured
And on the search for successes, the leader must take into account this aspect when based on the tasks of the project
Some tasks do not correspond to gender capabilities and we have to look at this part
Everyone is a facilitator of what has been created for him Saving Changes...
I totally agree with Dinah. Irrespective of gender, region, culture every individual has leadership skills. If the individual is encouraged, supported to hone his/her skills and the skills are put to proper use, then we could get great leaders.
Diversity will always exist in many aspects between individuals and it doesn't mean that one is superior to the other due to their different actions and thoughts.
So the above stated opinion about women's leadership is itself incorrect and hence the logic/rationale behind it is also incorrect.
The whole logic of this dialogue is not true and can not be like that
The difference between the sexes is a blatant fact that can not be ignored
I would like to discuss how to develop skills according to the abilities of each race Saving Changes...
Building and developing skills depends mainly on two key elements
Natural or basic abilities and acquired capacities
Why deny that there is a difference between the sexes
If we want to succeed in building a great leadership, we must take into account that some disciplines do not match the nature of sex
Customization is recommended Saving Changes...
Are the women you are observing part of a patriarchal culture? If so, then the heavy cultural limitations placed on these women make it impossible for them to be effective leaders within that culture. If you instead look at the leadership skills of women from the most egalitarian cultures (such as Iceland, Norway and Sweden) you won't find any deficiencies in their leadership skills compared to those of men.
Women's ability to acquire leadership skills is something that can not be discussed or challenged
But it is more appropriate to have sex when building a leadership
For example, not exclusively
When we want to develop a leadership in education, it is better to choose a woman who is naturally better than men
When we want to develop leadership in agriculture it is advisable to choose a man
With the whole can acquire the necessary skills and do the work required of it
But the results will be stronger if we choose the nature of work on the nature of sex Saving Changes...
Women's ability to acquire leadership skills is something that can not be discussed or challenged
But it is more appropriate to have sex when building a leadership
For example, not exclusively
When we want to develop a leadership in education, it is better to choose a woman who is naturally better than men
When we want to develop leadership in agriculture it is advisable to choose a man
With the whole can acquire the necessary skills and do the work required of it
But the results will be stronger if we choose the nature of work on the nature of sex Saving Changes...
Dinah YoungProject Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William CountySpringfield, Va, United States
Women and men do not manage in the same way. This is often true.
I am not male bashing here, but let me just share this. A Gallup Poll in 2012 found that women leaders themselves tend to be more engaged (41%) than men (35%). In particular:
Employees who work for a female manager are 1.26 times more likely than those who work for a male boss to strongly agree that "There is someone at work who encourages my development."
Those who work for a woman are 1.29 times more likely than those who don't to strongly agree with the following: "In the last six months, someone at work has talked to me about my progress."
Employees who work for a female manager are 1.17 times more likely than those with a male manager to strongly agree that "In the last seven days, I have received recognition or praise for doing good work."
Now when you bring up the fact that the industry impacts whether women or men are the better choice, I must again disagree with you. It is not based solely on industry, but like others have said, culture plays a role. The example you gave is in agriculture. Where I am from there are just as many women involved in agriculture as men. Why would a man automatically be better and knowing when and where to plant, understanding when to harvest, negotiating the best prices for their grain, procuring proper transport of the product? If you think that men are physically stronger than women and that makes a difference, how does that mean they are better in this industry. Managers in general are not out there lifting heavy bales of hay. They are supervising others that are doing the heavy lifting. And I know several women that could go toe to toe with a man in regards to physical strength.
I do understand that a woman's place in your culture is much different than mine. You have come onto this board and made this sweeping generalization of women to a multi-cultural, multi-generational group that includes many strong, independent women. We have and will continue to politely disagree with your observation that I feel is based on your own bias'. Saving Changes...
Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
What is this even based on? And certainly not an accurate assessment. Logic is absolutely incorrect. Saving Changes...
